Extension

 My, what a busy month. Where does the time go?  Carroll County Cooperative Extension was the host for the 4-H District 3 Variety Show and what a great program. 

There were 10 contestants, seven from Kenton County, one from Pendle-ton County and two from Carroll County. The talent consisted of piano playing, violin, singing, guitar playing, tap dancing, and modern dancing.  Both of Carroll County’s contestants will go on to perform at the state fair in August. It is so wonderful to see our youth as they perform in front of an audience.

We invite all interested Carroll County youth and adults to enter exhibits at the 2013 Carroll County Fair.

Fair catalogs are available at the Carroll County Exten-sion office, The News-Demo-crat office and other locations around town. Fair entries will be accepted Friday, June 7, from 9 a.m. until noon at the exhibit trailer just inside the fairgrounds. Items must be handcrafted, homemade, or grown by the exhibitor this past year.

Adults must enter in the open class division and youth may enter in the 4-H or some of the open-class categories.

Northern Kentucky Extension agents for family and consumer sciences present a program featuring favorite foods from states all across the country Wednesday, May 30.

The program is offered twice that day — noon to 1:30 pm and 6-7:30 p.m.

Due to the success of this program last year, agents are inviting farmers market vendors, food service personnel and FCS educators.

In spring and summer, weather patterns are more active as they move through Kentucky,
especially in the afternoon and evening, resulting in more thunderstorms.

These weather conditions also increase the potential for lightning to strike people working or playing outdoors, and even while they are inside a building.

All thunderstorms produce lightning.  Sometimes called “nature’s fireworks,” lightning is produced by the buildup and discharge of electrical energy between negatively and positively charged areas.